HST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Manila Galleon, Mughal Empire, Columbian Exchange
Document Summary
Plants, foods, crops, animals, human populations and disease pathogens spreading to regions they had not previously visited. This was not necessarily trade: it was the voluntary/involuntary transfer of goods. Sugar: an expensive commodity, originated in india, price dropped after mass production. Coffee: may have originated in yemen, arabia muslim mystics (15th century, sufis, muslim, european coffee houses. Tobacco: native american cultures, adoption in: europe, muslim empires, china, japan. Chocolate: originated in aztec culture, was a restricted commodity, used by kings and priests was a sign of the elite, when it was in spain, they tried to keep it a secret. Mercantilism: economic doctrine in the 16th-18th centuries. Spanish silver production: potosi (brazil) and northern mexico. Capital investment and labor: 1570s: amalgamation the use of mercury to separate silver. From spain to europe: to pay off loans, for trade, spain was buying manufactured goods from other european nations. Every year: acapulco manila acapulco.
